The most watched UFC fight so far in 2007 on Spike TV outdrew the most watched boxing match on television this year by 73%. Last year, the most watched UFC fight outdrew boxing’s most viewed event by 800,000 viewers. Details below:

The UFC Fight Nights air live on Spike TV and feature many of the biggest names in the world of mixed martial arts. Thus far, UFC Fight Nights have averaged 2.2 million viewers -- more than the average regular season telecasts of the NBA, NHL, and NCAA basketball on cable television. Spike TV is the proud television home to the best mixed martial arts programming on television with such popular shows as The Ultimate Fighter, UFC Unleashed, UFC Fight Night, UFC Countdown, and Ultimate Knockouts. Spike TV began airing UFC programming in January, 2005 and was the first television network in North America to air a live UFC bout.

I'm not bashing either, except that I'm tired of people, usually MMA fans, negatively citing boxing in comparison to MMA, because I too enjoy both. I personally never got why there had to be any comparison at all. MMA's got a great, hardcore audience, boxing has lost some luster but still has its core fans. Spike's probably very excited to be getting somewhat comparable ratings to what WWE got when it was on.